SEJONG, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of newborns in South Korea fell again in June, government data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign of the chronically-low birthrate that has plagued Asia’s fourth-largest economy for more than a decade. About 26,400 babies were born in June, down 8.7 percent from 28,900 tallied a year [...]

SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total fertility rate is likely to hit a record low this year, a presidential committee warned Thursday, prompting the government to take a series of steps to boost the country’s chronically low birthrate. The total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman bears in [...]

SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Birthrates are declining faster than projected by authorities in South Korea, with the population set to begin decreasing from 2028, new government data has revealed. An unprecedentedly low number of babies were born last year, while the highest number of people died since 1983, according to shocking data released by [...]

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The best way to increase the fertility rate is to offer maternity leave, a new report has found. Female workers who are eligible for maternity leave are 3 percentage points more likely to give birth, the report on work-life balance released by the Korea Development Institute on Thursday said. [...]

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of newborns in South Korea dipped again in November, government data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign of the chronic low birth rate that has plagued the Asian country for more than a decade. About 27,000 babies were born in November, down 11.2 percent, or 3,400, from [...]

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of newborns in South Korea dipped again in October, government data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign of the chronic low birth rate that has plagued the Asian country for more than a decade. About 27,900 babies were born in October, down 11.7 percent, or 3,700, from [...]

SEJONG, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Childbirths in South Korea dropped to a record low last year despite decade-long efforts to tackle the country’s chronically low birthrate, a report showed Wednesday. The number of babies born in 2016 reached 406,300, down 7.3 percent, or 32,100, from a year earlier, according to the report by Statistics [...]

SEJONG, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of childbirths in South Korea fell at the fastest clip in more than two years in April on a low birthrate and late marriage trend, government data showed Thursday. About 35,300 babies were born in April, down 7.3 percent, or 2,800, from 38,100 a year earlier, extending [...]

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – While Chinese consumers enjoyed discounted goods provided by Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba in celebration of Single’s Day on November 11, Korean people were angry with the news of “single household tax.” It is reported that an official of the Ministry of Health and Welfare devised an idea to impose taxes [...]

[Related Article] How to Get out of Low-birth Trap?: Adopt Flextime Work Schedule (Korea Bizwire, April 4) A study suggested that Korea may learn from the experience of European countries in raising birthrate. Hyundai Economic Research Institute said on April 3 in a report “How to Get out of Low-birth Trap: Learn from Europe” that [...]